Richard Johnson Elementary School

On Thursday December 8th, RJES 4th & 5th graders performed their winter concert, "December Around the World." We're so proud of all of you for your hard work, and an awesome perf...

Mr. Stemp's 5th Grade students have spent the first quarter working on a multitude of math skills! These skills include rounding, expanding and comparing decimals, along with addi...

Annette Island School District would like to thank our incredible community, staff, and students for attending (whether in person or virtually) our assembly to recognize Orange Sh...

Recently, our 2nd graders experienced the entire process of making Hawaiian salmon strips! They began by watching Salmon Boy: Shanyáak'utlaax, a Tlingit story about respect for ...

Today, RJES held our annual Field Day! With twelve different events, our classes moved around every 15 minutes to play in games like ring toss, balloon pop, scooter relay, musica...

To celebrate all of our elementary students academic achievements, RJES held a Spring Awards Ceremony yesterday! All students received a medal for math and reading, and student...

Mr. Stemp's 3rd graders channeled their Harry Potter and made magical concoctions during a special Potions Class! They began by making up their own potions with (silly) ingredien...

Today is day four of Sea Week, and our students and staff finally got to enjoy some much needed sunshine! Our students continued to explore beaches around the island. Our Pre-K ...

Sea Week Continues with more classes exploring Annette Island! Chelsee Cook's second graders dug for crabs in the water and on the sand (and caught a bunch of Dungeness!) to prep...

Richard Johnson Elementary's annual Sea Week is off to a great start! Even though the weather hasn't been entirely cooperative, our students wore their rain gear and have had a g...

Recently, Mr. Mike's and Mrs. Adam's 1st grade classes took a trip to S'ndooyntgm Galts'ap Community Garden! Gatgyeda Haayk (Tia Atkinson) was our wonderful host. According t...

On May 10th, our talented 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders of Richard Johnson Elementary performed to a full crowd of families and community members! Each grade played different instrum...

Last night, our 2nd Grade and Pre-K students performed a fantastic concert called "Oceans of Fun!" Our students showed off all their hard work by singing (and dancing!) to a conc...

Mr. Stemp's 3rd grade class is working on a new project: learning and sharing information about charities! In this "project based learning," students were tasked with researc...

Mr. Mike's class recently visited Skater's Lake! According to Amy Shellabarger (AISD Covid Coordinator/Project Manager) who attended the outing with the class: "The students...

This week in Culture Class, Mr. Gamaas taught Ms. Yliniemi's/Ms. Garza's 5th graders how to make Bentwood Boxes! Students pulled wood from being steamed and used all their streng...

Congratulations to our talented Kindergarten and 1st Grade Classes on their amazing performance of "BugZ!" On Thursday April 28th, our students performed for one of the first ...

Today, Mrs. Henry's and Mr. Stemp's third grade classes celebrated Mrs. Henry's birthday by holding a birthday cake bake-off! Students and staff brought 9 different desserts for ...

Happy Earth Day! This year, our students and staff from all three schools trekked around town and to a few beaches with gloves and bags in tow to pick up garbage. What a grea...

This week, Mrs. Hudson's Kindergarten class visited the Hudson's Hen House! They recently completed their Farm unit in Wit & Wisdom (the reading curriculum used by the Richard ...